So the Hebrew Bible, or Tanakh, is divided in three parts -- the Torah (Ta) the Prophets or Nevi'im (na) and the Writings, or Khetuvim (kh). Tanakh is a Hebrew acronym!!
Anyway, the audio file numbers are in that general order, with Chronicles being at the beginning of the Khetuvim, not the end (as it is in, say, the JPS Tanakh).
Each book and chapter is introduced by name, and I have kept these introductions attached to the relevant verse. I have also kept the parasha/portion introductions, which have been done in a different voice, obviously after Fr. Abraham's original recordings. I think it is interesting to see how the text was divided into portions for Jewish services.
A different voice also can be heard speaking the final words in some verses - presumably where they were garbled or cut off.
One little treat in the recordings of the Torah (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy) is that Numbers 7:78-83 are chanted!
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